The Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor insttution of Federation University AustraliaMetal Tongs scientific equipment, laboratory, tongs

Metal rod tongs with wooden handles. Tongs would be heated, inserted in hair and pressed together.Metal rod tongs with wooden handles. The wooden handles have a black varnish. The metal is heavily rusted.hair grooming, tongs, personal care, metal tongs, hair waving

2 x blacksmith tongs, metal/iron. one has pointy end, the other has flat endblacksmith, tongs, metal, iron

Metal tongs --some with wooden handles

Metal tongs for curling hair with wooden handles.personal effects, hairdressing, curling tongs

Metal tongs for curling hair with ornately carved handles.personal effects-toilet requisites, hairdressing

Metal tongs with two prongs and two handles. Used for curling hair.Marcel 9costume accessories, hair accessories

Metal tongs. Two movable arms, hinged near head. Narrow claspers at head.life boat, tongs

Metal Tongs - 70cm. Rusted cast iron. Metal fire-shovel - 59cm. Rusted cast iron.

Metal Tongs - 70cm. Rusted cast iron. One arm broken, with ornate handle and turned circular ornamentation.

Tongs were used by women and girls to wave or curl their hair. They were heated either on a wood stove or later over the flame from a burner and the applied to the hair. Curl papers were applied to the hair to stop it scorching. The use of tongs or iron rods to curl hair including men's beards dates back for centuries. French hair stylist is credited the invention of the curling iron in 1890. It was at this time that using tongs became particularly fashionable, when women started wearing their hair waved on top of the head. Very few changes were made to this method of hair curling until the introduction of the electric hair curler in 1959.This item is significant because it is representative of long-lasting trend in women's fashion, including in Wodonga and was donated by a local resident.Metal tongs with a double handle grip. One side of the tongs has a roller and the other has is hollow to fit over the strand of hair to be curled. women's accessories, household items

Pair of metal hair curling tongs.personal effects, hairdressing, curling tongs

Metal hair crimping tongs with five prongs.personal effects-toilet requisites, hairdressing

All metal crimping tongs. Has three curvy tongs on one prong and two on the other. It has a scissor like handle. Front- The Princess - Pat. 1927crimping-iron hairdressing personal-effects

Blacksmiths Round Nose Tongs, metal, Forged steel, Length 33cm.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, tongs

Metal hair curling tongs- Double handle with etching and 2 prongspersonal effects-toilet requisites, hairdressing

Marcelling is a hair styling technique in which hot curling tongs are used to induce a curl into the hair. Its appearance was similar to that of a finger wave but it is created using a different method. Marcelled hair was a popular style for women's hair in the 1920s and 30s often in conjunction with a bob cut. For those women who had long hair, it was common to tie the hair at the nape of the neck and pin it above the ear with a stylish hairpin or flower. Accounts vary about the invention of the style, but Marcel Grateau (1852–1936) is widely credited with inventing the hair styling technique in the 1870s. He started with a small salon in Montmartre, Paris where his clients were the poorer classes. As he developed the waving method that would later become the Marcel wave, using heated curling irons, The inventor and stylist emigrated to the United States and changed his name to François Marcel Woelfflé, sometimes reported as François Marcel. He was granted U.S. patents for implements for performing the technique; the first, U.S. patent 806386, entitled "Curling-Iron", was published in 1905, and the second, entitled "Hair-Waving Iron", for an electric version, under the name François Marcel, was published in 1918. His obituary appeared under the name Francois Marcel Grateau in 1936. Originally the irons had to be heated in the fire, but hair easily got burnt until 1924 when electric irons were invented and the temperature could be regulated. A significant item that gives us a snapshot not only into women's hairstyles of the 1920s and 1930s but a look into the social norms of that era. Therefore the item is of social interest in regards to the story it tells and the development of women's fashion in hair styling.Marcel Tongs, metal, used to impart a hair wave by heating and crimping the hairNoneflagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, tongs, curling tongs, hairdressing

Collection of photographic equipment used by Zilles Printers. Collection of equipment - negative holders, developing trays - enamel and plastic, globes, thermometer, tongs - metal and plastic, metal frames, measuring cups, Ilford on plastic developing trayzilles printers, photographic equipment, developing trays, image holders, tongs, thermometer, wooden negative holder, darkroom safe light, globes, negative holders, darkroom

Tongs, Farriers, metal blunt ended with long handles with a bolt-type hinge. Partly corroded.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village

Hair curling tongs with long scooped tongs and metal handles which are covered with black rubber tubing.hair-curling-tongs personal-effects hairdressing

Probably used in Ballarat School of Mines blacksmithing classesMetal stricker's Forging and Blacksmith tongs. Strong metal jaws to hold and move metal during processing. Hook at end on one handle to assist control. ballarat school of mines, blacksmith, forge

These hair tongs were used to curl or wave hair. They have the name’ Marcel’ on them. In 1872 Francois Marcel Grateau invented a hairstyle called the ‘Marcel Wave’ where women’s hair styles had mostly deep waves rather than curls. The tongs that were held manually and heated and used at home to produce deep waves or curls become a commonplace item in a woman’s home in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By the 1930s electric hair tongs were introduced but the non-electric ones continued to be used until the 1950s. These hair tongs belonged to a woman from England and would have been used in the 1930s or 40s. They are a good example of the type of household article used by women 70 or 80 years ago and will be useful for display.This is a scissors-like article with wooden handles and metal blades for waving or curling hair. One blade is heavily curved and the other is a solid round shape. The ends of the blades are tapered. The blades were heated over a stove and used manually to enclose part of a woman’s hair to produce waves or curls. The handles were originally polished black and are somewhat rubbed and the blades and other metal parts are a little rusty. ‘Marcel’ ‘12’ hair curling tongs, warrnambool

Initial court cases for the Western district were held and controlled for some time by Rutledge in Port Fairy. The first courthouse was built around 1854 and was in service until the stone building was built next to it in 1870. These two implements were used until around 1970 when heating was installed in the courthouse. They were decommissioned by Mr Ellis Roberts, Public Works Department Inspector.These implements have a strong connection to a public building which has a long association with the town and surrounding area. The courthouse of 1863 was the scene of an infamous murder of Constable O’Boyle in front of the fireplace. Shovel has barley sugar twisted handle with eight sided domed top. It is flared at the bottom to hold the spade which is attached with two metal rivets. Spade contains a number of holes cut into oval shape in centre and has fluted side edges. The tongs consist of two parts held together below a short handle with a metal rivet and two metal discs. Both pieces have decorative mouldings on the handles and remnants of black paint. warrnambool courthouse, fire tongs, fire shovel, fire spade, warrnambool

Brown leather saddle - On the front is a metal rectangular loop. On the rear end is a rectangular hole. On front left and right area is a small metal loop with a short local strap on it. On left and right (knee) area are metal loops holding the stirrup straps. The stirrup straps are 32mm wide and are iron or steel. Under the saddles is a leather base with a metal, flexible loop at rear. Under that base is a leather curved section with holes on side. There are leather tongs that hold the curved section to the wooden base. Under the wooden base are two big foot pads about 20mm thick. Under each leg flap are two girth straps only 30 cm long.On the left leg flap, embossed, is the 3 crowns of the "Greater Coat of Army Sweden". Down at the bottom of left leg flap, embossed, is a crown with the letters "ING (AND) 1915". Underneath the left leg flap in black ink are the words = “All leather - Made in Sweden”. On the rear part of the saddle is embossed number “153”saddle, equipment, ww1, sweden, passchendaele barracks trust

Kingsley William Allen VX109839 2nd AIF. Refer 2192.4, 2195 for service history also 2193, 2196P.1) Photo, sepia tone, on metal frame, brown colour, plastic coated. Soldier in uniform, no hat. .2) Photo, sepia tone, on metal frame, brown colour, plastic coated. Soldier in uniform with peak hat showing 2x Chevrons and crossed tongs and hammer on sleeves. Same person in both photos being K.W Allen. photography, military, frameing

Used by women and girls to wave or crimp their hair, for styling their hair, hairdressing. The irons are heated and then applied to the hair and wound to form curls. Pre-dates electrically heated curlers.One set of curling tongs made of iron/steel, rusted. The tongs are two shaped metal pieces which clamp together over a tress of hair. One set of crimping tongs. These have two wavy iron shaped metal pieces which clamp over a tress of hair to produce crimpy waves.hair-crimpers-curlers hairdressing heated-curlers

Metal Instrument for Waving or Curling Hair Scissor action unit with wooden moulded Handles One side extends to two prongs of metal A second side extends to blackened corrugated metal - 2 indents into which 2 prongs are pressed when handles close hair, hair grooming, tongs, hair curling

Curling irons, also known as curling tongs, create waves or curls in the hair. Clipless wands have no clamp, and the user simply wraps hair around a rod and squeezes the two parts together. The metal curling irons were heated on the fire or the stove and then the hair could be clamped between these 2 rods to create a curl in the hair . A pair of steel, hair curling tongsEveready Englandtoiletries, hairdressing, curling tongs, moorabbin, bentleigh, cheltenham, early settlers, marcel waves, market gardeners

The Blacksmith used these tongs to make repairs at his forge. He could mend wheel bands, tools, farm equipment and also fine tune generic sized horseshoes on site. He needed tongs to work on any heated metal as required at his forge A Blacksmith was an essential person for the maintenance and making of farm and household equipment, and shoeing horses, in the pioneer settlements of Brighton, Moorabbin, Cheltenham c1900 A pair of forged steel blacksmith tongsmarket gardeners, pioneers, early settlers, moorabbin, brighton, cheltenham, blacksmith, tools, metalwork, forges, ploughs, horse-drawn carts